Compact golf course

ABSTRACT

This disclosure is directed to an improved, compact golf course having non-walking fairways and greatly reduced area requirements compared to conventional courses yet wherein the player can utilize all of the golf clubs normally used on a conventional nine or eighteen hole golf course as their use was intended without having the need to walk the conventional distances required and without subjecting himself to the personal hazards attendant upon walking the fairways of conventional courses. This golf course is characterized by a plurality of hitting area chutes providing a &#39;&#39;&#39;&#39;binder effect&#39;&#39;&#39;&#39; by restricting the player&#39;&#39;s field of vision with respect of each fairway target area and each target green provided on the course, and a putting green for each hole. Each hitting chute is arranged to give a different angular orientation or &#39;&#39;&#39;&#39;look&#39;&#39;&#39;&#39; to each common target area on the golf course, be it fairway area or target green. The target green approach chutes are located either adjacent to their respective putting greens or intermediate the target green and putting green. Where the golf course is a nine or eighteen hole course, there are a plurality of common fairway target areas and a plurality of common target greens with each fairway target area and each target green being seen from a different approach angle from each hitting chute. Moreover, a safety moat area is usually provided to discourage or prevent the player from walking the fairways.

United States Patent [1 1 Thomas [451 Sept. 9, 1975 1 1 COMPACT GOLFCQURSE Clarence A. Thomas, 48 Shafor Cir., Dayton, Ohio 45409 22 Filed:Mar. 25, 1974 211 Appl No: 454,371

[76] Inventor:

[52] US. Cl. 273/176 A; 273/178 13', 273/195 R [51] Int. Cl. A63B 67/02;A63B 69/36 [58] Field of Search 273/176, 35, 32, 178, 179,

3,129.943 4/1964 McKee... 273/176 A 3,310,310 3/1967 McKcem. 273/176 A3,599,980 8/1971 Harmondm 273/176 A 3,685,832 8/1972 Johnson 273/176 A3,708,173 1/1973 Hcwson 273/176 A Primary Examiner-George .I. MarloAttorney, Agent, or FirmJoseph Patrick Burke [57] ABSTRACT Thisdisclosure is directed to an improved, compact golf course havingnon-walking fairways and greatly reduced area requirements compared toconventional courses yet wherein the player can utilize all of the golfclubs normally used on a conventional nine or eighteen hole golf courseas their use was intended without having the need to walk theconventional distances required and without subjecting himself to thepersonal hazards attendant upon walking the fairways of conventionalcourses. This golf course is characterized by a plurality of hittingarea chutes providing a binder effect" by restricting the players fieldof vision with respect of each fairway target area and each target greenprovided on the course, and a putting green for each hole. Each hittingchute is arranged to give a different angular orientation or look" toeach common target area on the golf course, be it fairway area or targetgreen. The target green approach chutes are located either adjacent totheir respective putting greens or intermediate the target green andputting green.

Where the golf course is a nine or eighteen hole course, there are aplurality of common fairway target areas and a plurality of commontarget greens with each fairway target area and each target green beingseen from a different approach angle from each hitting chute. Moreover,a safety moat area is usually provided to discourage or prevent theplayer from Walking the fairways.

8 Claims, 5 Drawing Figures FATENTED SEP 9 i975 SHEET 1 or 3 N N INNPATENTED SEP 91975 SHEET 2 BF 3 FIG-3 COMPACT GOLF COURSE The presentinvention is directed to an improved golf course having greatly reducedarea requirements yet permitting the player to utilize all or most ofthe clubs in his golf game striving for the same distances. skill andaccuracy which he would normally utilize and strive for on aconventional nine or eighteen hole course having an area(s) anywherefrom three to six times the area required for the golf course of thisinvention.

According to one aspect of the invention, the player can play thisimproved golf course without subjecting himself to personal hazards fromthe long. crossfairway or poorly hit golf shots of other players, andplay it in a more leisurely manner without walking great distances yetin a much shorter period of time thus enabling the golfer to hit moregolf shots in a given period of time, if desired.

The present invention is further characterized by a plurality of hittingarea chutes, each of which provides a blinder effect by restricting thevision of the player to a certain portion of a target fairway and/ortarget green so that on each shot to that target fairway area or targetgreen, the golfers view and perspective to that target is different fromthat presented at any other chute on the golf course. This blindereffect" may also assist the golfer in training himself to be moredirectionally accurate in aiming and hitting the tee, fairway and greenapproach shots required in the long game-- phase of golfing.

One of the simplest embodiments of this invention is the case of a parthree golf course having one target green with a plurality of targetgrcen approach (hitting area) chutes and a plurality of putting greens,which can correspond in number to the number of green ap proach chutes.Each green approach chute provides a blinder effect and presents adifferent angular and visual presentation of the same target green.Different hazards, cg, sand traps, water hazards, trenches, trees,bushes, etc can be located at different distances from the respectivegreen approach chutes to enhance the difficulty of play. For example, inaccordance withh this invention, in the case of a two-hole, par three,golf course. there are two green approach chutes, each one arranged at adifferent approach angle to the target green (when measured from a fixedlocation or point) with each such chute located either intermediate(between) the target green and the two putting greens or in anarrangement where one (or both) of the putting grcen(s) is (are)adjacent to each green approach chute. A safety moat can be positionedintermediate between the two green approach chutes and the target green.

The present invention will be described in greater particularity inaccordance with the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 of the drawings is a perspective view illustrating a nine-holegolf course in accordance with this invcntion.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating what has been referred to as atarget green approach chute. The player hits the green approach shotfrom such chutes.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing at putting green of the typelocated behind or adjacent to the hitting chutes. These greens can haveone or a plurality of pre designated putting positions, P, through PFIG. 4 is a perspective view of a putting green but one permittingpractice of close approach (chip or sand) shots and having hazardsadjacent thereto protecting said green. These greens can have one ormore pre-designated approach shot positions, e.g., A, through A, wherethe player can drop his ball and play chip or sand shots to the green G.Such greens permit the player to vary the difficulty of the course oneach given occasion of play. For example, it will be noted that theapproach position A, is located in the sand trap S of putting green G.On the other hand, if a player does not desire to utilize any of theapproach shot positions A,. A- A;, or A he can place his ball elsewherefor an approach shot. Then once up on the green, the player can positionhis ball for putting on any one of the putting positions P, through P oranywhere else on the green for that matter, e.g., putt from where theball rested from the approach shot.

FIG. 5 is likewise a perspective view but illustrating the presence of aV-shapcd" multiple option hitting chute having two chute sides, 2",allowing variation in difficulty of shots on any given hole. Forexample, such a chute, as a green approach chute (2" at par three hole Hpermits the player to play to target green T, (short) or T (long). Suchchutes can also he used as tee hitting (2) and fairway hitting (2)chutes.

FIG. 1 shows the improved, compact golf course, I, of this inventionwhich contains a plurality of holes H through H each hole having atleast one green ap proach shot hitting area chute 2" located eitherapproximately adjacent to its respective putting green G or generallyintermediate said respective putting green and a target green T.

In FIG. I there are shown nine green approach chutes 2", one for eachhole; nine putting greens G, through G,, and two target greens T and T,It will be recognized that on holes H, and H,,, the respective puttinggreens G and G are located adjacent to the chutes for said holes whereasin the remaining holes, each green approach chute 2" is locatedgenerally interrnc' diate, viz., closer to its target green that eachrespective putting green G. The chutes 2, 2' and 2" and putting greensG, through G are remote from the target greens for those holes.

According to a preferred embodiment of this invention, one or moresafety moats 3 are positioned intermediate between each chute 2. 2 and2" and the fairway target areas 5, 5' and 5" and the target greens T,and T The safety moat 3 can be continuous or discontinuous anddiscourages or prevents players from walking onto the fairway areas 4 ofsaid golf course.

As will be observed from the par five hole H viz., the area of the thirdhole on the golf course; there are three hitting area chutes, each ofwhich restricts the field of vision of the player to only a limitedportion and perspective of the golf course. At tee hitting chute, 2, theplayer hits a wood shot, usually a driver, from the chute 2 aiming foreither specific distance target area M or L in the direction of pole 6'.After having hit the first shot, the player then advances to fairwayhitting chute 2' aiming for fairway target area 5, located in the upperleft-hand portion of FIG. 1. This fairway target area can have a similardirection target marker, e.g., pole 6 to define the desired angle of theshot. The third shot on the third hole will be a green approach shotfrom the green approach chute 2" to target green T After hitting thesethree shots, the player then proceeds across the pathway W to theappropriate putting green 0,, and proceeds to putt out" from thisputting green. In determining where to place his hall on the puttinggreen. the player may select one of the pro-designated areas P, throughP thereon. The distance of the numbered markers from the flag will varyon G, through G. The distance of a given putting position P from theflag F does not necessarily define the difficulty of the shot, however.as the topography and undulation of the green can vary the difficulty ofthe putt from any putting position.

According to another embodiment of this invention, various fairwaytarget areas can be differentiated by any visually, readilydistinguishable or recognizable diffcrentiation means to enable playersof various strength, accuracy and driving ability to participate in thegame to the extent of their abilities. Thus, general fairway target areaS of the fairway 4 can be differentiated into distance target areas L, Land L" (closer) and M, M and M" (further) by terraeing (viz., providingfairway distance target areas of different height or topography), and/orby using different textures, different types or differently coloredgrasses, bushes, trees and/or by land-scaping or otherwise, into closerlocated target distance target areas L, L and L and those of M, M and M"located further away from the driving and airway hitting chutes 2 and 2,respectively. Thus, cg, red bushes 9 can be used to identify the frontportion of closer areas L, L and L and green bushes 10 can be used tosignify the front portion of areas M. M and M".

The invention will be further described by describing how a playerproceeds to play the course from the first through the ninth hole. Theplayer proceeds from clubhouse 7 at the lower right-hand side of FIG. I,along walkway W from the right-hand lower side of FIG. 1 to the lowerleft-hand side to play hole H, (par four) where he would enter thedriver hitting (tee) chute 2 and hit his first drive shot to the generaltarget area 5, either to the portion of this distance target area Mwhich is located further from said chute or that located closer at Laiming at direction pole 6.

A suggested method of scoring is presented herein in accordance with adescription of a typical manner of playing of the course. For example,in the event the player reaches the desired terraced portion M or L ingeneral fairway target area 5, a one shot score is taken. On the otherhand, if the shot falls short or to the left or right thereof (eg, outof the field of vision from the chute area from which it was hit), theplayer could score a 2 although hitting only one shot. Then the playerproceeds to the green approach chute 2" and hits the green approach shotfor the first hole into target green T,. If the player successfully hitsthis ball onto target green T,, he scores only one additional stroke. Inthe event the approach shot fails to land on the green, the playerscores two additional strokes although he aetually made only oneapproach shot, on the assumption that it would take at least one othershot to get on the green. Then the player proceeds from the greenapproach chute 2" on hole H, to the putting green G, lo cated behindsaid chute area. The player can either position the ball as he desiresor select any one of four pre-designated putting positions P, through P,and proceed to putt out adding to his previous score the number ofstrokes as he actually uses to putt the ball into the hole.

In accordance with this invention, one or a plurality of holes can beprovided on each putting green, each hole preferably having a flag F.The location(s) of the hole(s) can be rotated in accordance withcustomary practice on a conventional golf course. Similarly, the hole(flag) positions of the target greens T, and T, can similarly be variedto vary the difficulty and angular presentation of the green approachshots from each respective green approach chute 2".

The player then proceeds to the second hole of the course, the areaindicated in FIG, 1 as H, and enters its driving chute 2 and proceeds todrive the ball, e.g., toward distance target area M in the directiondefined by directional pole 6" located toward the rear of area M".Alternatively, the drive can be aimed at distance target area L"positioned closer to the player. As this hole is also a par four hole,the player's second shot will be to target green T, from the greenapproach chute 2".

The angular orientation or positioning of the green approach chutes 2"is so arranged in accordance with the golf course of this invention thatvisual approach (look viz,. the view presented to the golfer from thegreen approach chute 2" of hole H is different from that afforded fromthe equivalent green approach chute 2" of hole H,.

Thus, for example, the angle defined by starting with any fixed point onthe golf course, e.g., imaginary fixed point 8, (FIG. 1, lower left) tothe center of the hole on target green T, and thence to either thecenter of approach green chute 2", or the point of ball placementtherein, on hole H, will differ from that angle on hole H Similarly,said angle on hole H will differ from that on hole H which, in turn,will differ from that on hole H,,, etc. C'orrespondingly, the anglesdefined between fixed point 8 thence to the approximate center of thevarious target distance areas L, L. L" or M, M', M", respectively, andthence to either the center of each respective driving chute 2 orfairway hitting chute 2 (or the position of ball placement therein) willeach be different for each hole on the golf course.

Also, in accordance with one preferred embodiment of this invention, thedistance of the central front portion of each respective green approachchute 2 varies in respect to the hole on its target green. Therefore,not only varying angulation of the chutes 2 to the target greens butalso varying distance of chutes 2 from the hole on the respective targetgreen can be utilized in combination to vary the look" and difficulty ofeach green approach golf shot whereby the player attempts to bring theball onto the target green as close to the pin as possible.

Furthermore, according to a further preferred embodiment of thisinvention, the difficulty and feel" of the green approach shot can bevaried by providing different length and/or texture grass in the samegreen approach chute 2" as is illustrated, e.g., in FIG. 2. In the eventthe player selects the left-hand grass area F for his approach shot, hecan hit the shot off fairway grass customarily cut lower to the ground.On the other band, should the player desire a more difficult shot, hecan hit from the longer rough grass area R for his approach shot intothe target green T. As will be noted from FIG. 2, the target greens canbe protected by sand traps S and a water hazard(s) H.

Safety moat 3 can be filled with water, in which event it constitutes awater hazard H. While the embodiment illustrated in FIG. l shows thissafety moat to be positioned relatively close to the hitting area chutes2, 2' and 2", it is within the purview of this invention to space thesafety moat in varying distances from said hitting area chutes. Insteadof filling the moat 3 with water, it can be a trench or galley-typehazard. Similarly, the safety moat 3 can be provided as a plurality ofnoncontinuous areas, or no such safety moat need be employed at all.

The playing of par five hole H has been already discussed hereinabove.From the hole H after putting out on putting green G the player proceedsto hole H which is a par three hole. The player drives from greenapproach chute 2" of H and aims the shot to target green T as the firstgolf shot on this hole. Again. if the golf ball lands on the targetgreen T, the player would take a one score at this stage of the hole. Ifthe green were missed, then the player would score two in accordancewith one proposed scoring system even though only one shot was actuallytaken. The player then proceeds to the appropriate putting green G whichcan be of the type shown in FIG. 4 permitting the player to practiceclose approach (chip and sand) shots. If desired. a plurality of all ofthe putting greens on the golf course of this invention can be of thetype shown in FIG. 4. After sinking the putt on putting green G theplayer then proceeds to the fifth hole, viz.. in the general vicinity ofH;, and tees up in driving chute 2 and hits the first ball to targetarea 5 on this par four golf hole. The players second shot is made fromthe green approach chute 2" into the target green T shown on the righthand side of FIG. 1.

After putting out on putting green G of hole H the player proceeds tothe vicinity of the sixth hole H a par four hole as illustrated inFIG. 1. The players first shot is from driving Chute 2 to eitherdistance target area M or L' and the second shot is from green ap proachchute 2" to target green T The hole is then completed by the playerproceeding to putting green G and putting.

The seventh hole H is illustrated as a par four golf hole. The playerenters tee driving chute 2 and drives for either distance target area Lor M in the direction of pole 6. The second (green approach) shot willbe from green approach chute 2" to target green T Then from chute 2",the player moves to the rear of walkway W to the putting green G Theeighth hole as illustrated in FIG. 1 is a par four golf hole and theplayer proceeds to the driving chute 2 to hit the first shot towardseither distance target area L or M in the direction of pole 6'. Then thesecond shot is from green approach chute 2" to target green T, afterwhich the player proceeds to putting green G, to complete this hole.

The last hole illustrated on the nine hole course shown in FIG. 1 ishole H which is a par three hole. The player proceeds to the greenapproach chute 2" to aim the first golf shot towards target green T Thegolfer then proceeds to adjacently positioned putting green G to finishthe putting for this hole and complete play.

Thus, it will be recognized that there has been de scribed an improvedgolf course which: utilizes consid erably less area than a conventionalgolf course having the corresponding number of holes; eliminates most ofthe walking and corresponding fatigue accompanying playing on aconventional course and also eliminates the possibility of player injurydue to the non-walking fairways. The advantages of this golf course topersons having physical disabilities preventing them from the exerciseinvolved in walking up and down the fairways of conventional golfcourses will be readily apparent. Further advantages of conservations oftime and money are involved in avoiding walking such distances andlooking for lost" golf balls.

Further advantages of this invention are not only that the player canutilize each of the golf clubs that he would utilize on a conventionalnine or eighteen hole golf course. but also that the player will berequired to hit each of the shots under the same surface and similarvisual conditions as is required on a regular or conventional golfcourse. In the playing of the golf course of this invention. it iscontemplated that the player will not use his own golf balls except forclose approach shots to putting greens. e.g.. as in FIG. 4. and. ofcourse. putting on the putting greens G through G as shown in FIGS. 1, 3and 4. It is contemplated that range balls will be used for tee shots,fairway shots and long approach shots to target greens.

The time required and fatigue associated with playing a round of golfcan be substantially minimized in accordance with this invention. Byallocation of a given number of range golf balls, with neither theopportunity nor the necessity to make up for badly handled shots, thetotal time required for play will be reduced substantially, allowingmore players to play the course within given periods of time.

The utilization of the chutes 2, 2' and 2" combined with the non-walkingfairways also enhances the safety of the golf game played on the courseof this invention. These chutes will virtually eliminate injuries due totee or fairway shots being severely hooked, sliced, shanked or scuffedinasmuch as the player proceeds from the chutes to the putting greenswithout walking on the fairway. At the same time, the hitting areachutes 2, 2' and 2" provide a desired blinder effect" making it possibleto have the illusion ofa variety of fairway challenges in a minimum offairway area.

The golf course of this invention while being characterized in themanner stated above, is capable of much variation. Thus, the course canbe arranged to be entirely composed of par three holes, par four holesor par five holes, or a mixture of par threes and par fours; or, as ismore customary, a mixture of par threes, par fours and par fives. Moststandard par seventy-two, eighteen hole golf courses are arranged tohave four par five holes, four par three holes and ten par four holeswhich play in varying degrees of length. This too can be achieved ineighteen hole golf courses in accordance with this invention and thecorresponding objectives of nine hole conventional courses can beachieved in nine hole golf courses according to this invention. Inaccordance with this invention. the golf course can be comprised of anynumber of holes, usually from two to thirty-six. the main determiningfactors being the area available and the number of holes desired.

The hitting area chutes 2, 2' and 2" can be constructed of any materialproviding adequate blinder effect whereby the player is presented withonly a limited visual presentation of a portion of the golf course oneach shot. Accordingly, a wide variety of materials can be utilized suchas wood, metal, synthetic composites such as plasticfiber glasscomposites and molded members and, even shrubbery.

Directional information and explanatory matter relating to how each ofthe holes H through H are to be played, e.g., which chute is to beentered for the tee shot to which fairway target area and which targetgreen is to be utilized in conjunction with the appropriate greenapproach chute, can be placed on pedestals (not shown) located in thevicinity of holes H through H respectively; for example, in therespective hole areas of the walkway W.

The golf course of this invention can be lighted for evening play andthe chute and putting green areas can be covered for playing in rain andother inclement weather. Similarly, these areas can be heated for winterplay.

Artificial grass-likc surfaces such as plastic grass for fairway areas,4, 5, L, L', L, M, M. M"; the tee and hitting areas in chutes 2, 2' and2" and the putting greens and/or target greens can be of plastic orother synthetic composition, cg, ASTRO-TURF" can be employed for any oneor more of the aforementioned grassy areas. Alternatively, naturalgrasses or sod can be used.

The positioning, color, height and/or density of natural or artificialshrubbcries can serve to mark or define the sub-target areas L and M inthe fairway.

it is also within the purview of this invention to locate the puttinggreens all in the same general area and this area can be adjacent to orremote from the green ap proch chutes 2 to accommodate division of thegolf game into its respective long game and short game components.

In accordance with a preferred embodiment of this invention one or moreof the putting greens can be of a generally rectangular shape toconserve area and grass requirements for putting greens and tofacilitate what can be referred to as in'line putting, viz., puttingwithin the same general approach line, such as illustrated in FIG. 3. Itwill be noted that putting positions, P through P offer the same generalline to the flag although each putt constitutes a different angularpresentation.

While a clockwise pattern of player flow has been illustrated in thenine hole course of FIG. 1, any desired player flow pattern, e.g.,counter-clockwise, can be employed.

What is claimed is:

l. A compact golf course. comprising:

a common fairway for a plurality of distinct golf hole areas;

a plurality of non-walking fairway target areas formed in said commonfairway and each having visually differentiated distance targetportions;

a plurality of target greens spaced from one another and formed in saidcommon fairway;

a plurality of fairway hitting chutes, one located at each of selectedgolf hole areas and aligned with a corresponding fairway target area;

a plurality of green approach hitting chutes, one located at each ofsaid golf hole areas and aligned with a corresponding target green;

a divider means defining each of said hitting chute to restrict aplayers view of said common fairway area substantially to the targetarea or target green with which the hitting chute is aligned, said golfhole areas and their corresponding hitting chutes being spaced alongsaid common fairway and angled with respect thereto to present to aplayers view different angular orientations of said fairway target areasand said target greens, said hitting chutes being further spaced andangled along said common fairway so that at least two fair-way hittingchutes corresponding to different golf hole areas are aligned with acommon fairway target areas but from substantially different angularorientations, and so that at least two green approach hitting chutescorresponding to different golf hole areas are aligned with a commontarget green but from a substantially different angular orientation; and

a plurality of putting greens, one located at each of said golf holeareas, each putting green being remote from the target green to whichits hole area corresponds, whereby a player may play a game of golf byhitting golf balls from said fairway hitting chute, for those hole areashaving a fairway hitting chute, and from said green approach hittingchute, and thereafter putting on said putting green, in sequence foreach golf hole area in turn.

2. The compact golf course of claim 1, wherein at least one of saidhitting chutes is a multiple option chute aligned with at least twodifferent, spaced target areas located at different distances from saidmultiple option chute in said common fairway.

3. The compact golf course of claim 1, wherein at least one of said golfhole areas includes two fairway hitting chutes, each aligned with adifferent fairway target area.

4. The compact golf course of claim 1, further including a closeapproach shot area adjacent at least one of said putting greens, wherebya player may play chip or sand shots to said at least one putting green.

5. The compact golf course of claim 1, wherein said putting greensinclude a plurality of predesignated putting positions.

6. The compact golf course of claim I, further including a safety moatbetween said fairway area and said plurality of golf hole areas, wherebysaid non-walking fairway target areas and said target greens areseparated from said hitting chutes and putting greens, and wherein saiddivider means defining said hitting chutes are of sufficient height andlength to deflect balls away from adjacent hitting chutes, whereby thesafety of the players is enhanced,

'7. The compact golf course of claim 1, wherein said hitting chutes arelocated intermediate said fairway area and said putting greens andwherein at least one of said chutes contains a grassy hitting area, aportion of which has grass of one length and a portion of which hasgrass of greater length.

8. The compact golf course of claim 1, wherein each said non-walkingfairway target area has a direction target marker.

1. A compact golf course, comprising: a common fairway for a pluralityof distinct golf hole areas; a plurality of non-walking fairway targetareas formed in said common fairway and each having visuallydifferentiated distance target portions; a plurality of target greensspaced from one another and formed in said common fairway; a pluralityof fairway hitting chutes, one located at each of selected golf holeareas and aligned with a corresponding fairway target area; a pluralityof green approach hitting chutes, one located at each of said golf holeareas and aligned with a corresponding target green; a divider meansdefining each of said hitting chute to restrict a player''s view of saidcommon fairway area substantially to the target area or target greenwith which the hitting chute is aligned, said golf hole areas and theircorresponding hitting chutes being spaced along said common fairway andangled with respect thereto to present to a player''s view differentangular orientations of said fairway target areas and said targetgreens, said hitting chutes being further spaced and angled along saidcommon fairway so that at least two fair-way hitting chutescorresponding to different golf hole areas are aligned with a commonfairway target areas but from substantially different angularorientations, and so that at least two green approach hitting chutescoRresponding to different golf hole areas are aligned with a commontarget green but from a substantially different angular orientation; anda plurality of putting greens, one located at each of said golf holeareas, each putting green being remote from the target green to whichits hole area corresponds, whereby a player may play a game of golf byhitting golf balls from said fairway hitting chute, for those hole areashaving a fairway hitting chute, and from said green approach hittingchute, and thereafter putting on said putting green, in sequence foreach golf hole area in turn.
 2. The compact golf course of claim 1,wherein at least one of said hitting chutes is a multiple option chutealigned with at least two different, spaced target areas located atdifferent distances from said multiple option chute in said commonfairway.
 3. The compact golf course of claim 1, wherein at least one ofsaid golf hole areas includes two fairway hitting chutes, each alignedwith a different fairway target area.
 4. The compact golf course ofclaim 1, further including a close approach shot area adjacent at leastone of said putting greens, whereby a player may play chip or sand shotsto said at least one putting green.
 5. The compact golf course of claim1, wherein said putting greens include a plurality of predesignatedputting positions.
 6. The compact golf course of claim 1, furtherincluding a safety moat between said fairway area and said plurality ofgolf hole areas, whereby said non-walking fairway target areas and saidtarget greens are separated from said hitting chutes and putting greens,and wherein said divider means defining said hitting chutes are ofsufficient height and length to deflect balls away from adjacent hittingchutes, whereby the safety of the players is enhanced.
 7. The compactgolf course of claim 1, wherein said hitting chutes are locatedintermediate said fairway area and said putting greens and wherein atleast one of said chutes contains a grassy hitting area, a portion ofwhich has grass of one length and a portion of which has grass ofgreater length.
 8. The compact golf course of claim 1, wherein each saidnon-walking fairway target area has a direction target marker.